Writer

Henry Lawson

Australian writer and poet

1867 - 1922

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His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Henry Lawson is the 6,128th most popular writer (down from 6,057th in 2024), the 359th most popular biography from Australia (down from 329th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Australian Writer.

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Henry Lawson is the most memorable of the 2 notable people born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, ahead of Jan Lehane.

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Henry Lawson shares a June 17 birthday with Martin Bormann, Heinz Guderian, and Edward I of England.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Henry Lawson ranks 6,128 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Safran Foer, Cyril Collard, Philip Yancey, Oscar Levertin, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, and Gert Hofmann. After him are André Dhôtel, Chaz Bono, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Gustav Hasford, Michael Swanwick, and Maxine Kumin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Henry Lawson ranks 148. Before him are George William Russell, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Simon Guggenheim, José Vicente Concha, Florence Fuller, and Annie Montague Alexander. After him are William Dod, Edith Hamilton, Anders Peter Nielsen, Flora Finch, Alec B. Francis, and Lillian Wald. Among people deceased in 1922, Henry Lawson ranks 131. Before him are Pál Simon, Anna Missuna, Alfred Capus, John Butler Yeats, Liberato Marcial Rojas, and William Desmond Taylor. After him are Charles Thias, Lyman Abbott, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, Arthur Wesley Dow, John Wanamaker, and W. H. R. Rivers.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Henry Lawson ranks 359 out of 1,143. Before him are Hubert Wilkins (1888), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Peta Wilson (1970), Joan Hartigan (1912), Charles Kingsford Smith (1897), and Frank Gardner (1931). After him are Jason Culina (1980), Alex de Minaur (1999), Poppy Montgomery (1972), Frank Forde (1890), Thomas Blamey (1884), and Fanny Durack (1889).

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Among Writers In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Henry Lawson ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Jacobs (1854), Greg Egan (1961), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), and Banjo Paterson (1864). After him are Joan Lindsay (1896), Adam Elliot (1972), Robert Hughes (1938), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Kate Morton (1976), and DBC Pierre (1961).

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